Becca

Thank you - it was just hiding the record. I apologize for being obtuse - I didn't initiate a search of any kind, and I had not had the table open prior to creation, so it didn't occur to me that it might have hidden the new records automatically.

The screenshot is showing the portal in my primary layout view on the bottom, and the linked table opened in a separate view on the top. The new record I created within the portal is circled in red; it has not been created in the linked table. I haven't limited the table view by searching, and I've tested exporting that table and checking to see if it's in the export; it is not.

I'm very new to FileMaker design, so I may be missing something very basic, but I cannot figure out how to make this work. I've got a working portal set up, showing the correct records. I can add new records using the blank line in the portal, and those records then show in the portal window. However, if I go look at the actual table that the portal links to, the new records are not being added there. Are they going somewhere else instead? I need to actually create new records, not just display them!